While continuing my research at the Worcester Public Library, I came across a clipping file dedicated to John J. Deedy. Included in the file was the following article: 300 at Dedication of Deedy Square. Below are some snippets from the article:Worcester TelegramNext time I am in Worcester, I will need to seek out this square and take a look!
July 15, 1946
300 at Dedication of Deedy Square
More than 300 attended the dedication of Deedy square - Montrose street and Euclid avenue - named yesterday afternoon for First Lt. John J. Deedy of 78 Fairfax road, killed in World War II.
The dedication was sponsored by Admiral Ralph Earle Post United American Veterans, of which Lt. Deedy was an organizer and senior vice-commander before he entered the service in January, 1941.
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Awarded Bronze Star
Lt. Deedy was a member of the Common Council and Ward 6 state representative when he entered the service, with the federalized 181st Inf., M.N.G. in January, 1941. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the National Guard after serving as private and sergeant in Co. A.
He later was transferred to the 4th (Ivy Leaf) Division and took part in the invasion of France. In June, 1944, he was wounded in France and returned to an Army base hospital in England where he died on July 28, 1944.
Lt. Deedy was awarded the Bronze Star posthumously for meritorious service in France.
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Thank you for showing my dad's square. Mom spoke of it and I probably saw it as a child. There should be a VFW Post named after him, also. Mom, as a former Army nurse (WWII & Korea), became a school nurse in Boston. She was the Chaplain for the American Legion, Joyce Kilmer Post. Every Memorial Day, She & I used to put little flags on the graves. As a child, the gun salute used to scare me. Taps sounded so sad. Mom had PTSD, esp. after the Gulf War. She'd wake up at 3 AM and see every body bag, every face, every wound. God bless our military, esp. the medical corps.